Effects of green pruning on growth and stem shape of Eucalyptus nitens (Deane and Maiden) Maiden

New Forests

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-126

  Pinkard, E A ^a   Beadle, C L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crown length; Dominance; Eucalypt plantations; Pruning prescriptions; Stem form; Stem taper

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT GROWTH; PRUNING; RADIAL GROWTH; STEM FORM;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EID: 0031900529     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006533423884     Document Type: Article

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